Dammit! I Thought The Flu Shot Was Supposed To Prevent The Flu!

I have failed myself. Yesterday, because I got sick, I was unable to post anything. I could always post something and have the system date it as yesterday, but there would be no point. I would know that I didn’t make it. I had almost successfully posted at least once a day for the last month. My Combo has been broken. Poor poor Randy.

Continuing on with my failures, this months Video Game Challenge has been a complete wash. I did not complete Eternal Darkness, nor did I get to play any other horror or Halloween themed games. Additionally, today I won’t be able to play through Costume Quest like planned since I’m too sick to actually play. All I want to do is puke. Be happy I was able to post at least this notice.

What I may do is postpone announcing November’s challenge until Monday November 7, and spend the rest of the week trying to finish out Eternal Darkness. Do a little overtime if you will. Also I haven’t figured out what I want to play for November, I have a handful of games I want to finish, but I don’t know where to begin.

On to something more positive, one thing I did do successfully this month is play through Sonic Colours in preparation for the release of Sonic Generations. It took me roughly 5 hours (or less) to beat it and it was done over three sittings. Easy to beat, hard to master. I liked it and couldn’t recommend it more.

Spending Time With Two Old Friends

According to JD I’m more than 50% through Sonic Colours. Wow. Short game, but a quality game. Playing through this over the last two days has really reignited my hope in SEGA for Sonic Generations. If its half as good as Colours, Generation will still be better than any other Sonic games released in the last few years. I’m glad that its shaping up.

I’ve also picked up Kirby’s Return To Dreamland. I am a huge fan of that pink puffball, and everything about this game evokes a sense of nostalgia. Back in the day I used to play Kirby Superstar for the SNES with my cousin, and this brought me back to that. High praise. I recommend it to everyone.

“HAHAHA! Baldy Nosehair, that’s the best thing I’ve heard all day!”

I’ve started playing through Sonic Colours for the Nintendo Wii, and boy am I enjoying it. Its been a while since I played a “modern sonic” that I’ve enjoyed. Everything really came together: a cheesy story (Robotnik opens an amusement park and harvests aliens for their energy), fast gameplay, multiple paths, and an even difficulty. This definitely wipes the horrible taste known as Sonic Unleashed from my mouth, I tell you what.

Incomprehensible Gargling of Rage

So, was hanging with my buddy JD today. He somehow convinced me to finally get back to playing Sonic Unleashed. One second while I take a breather. Just writing that name right now is bring so much rage to the surface. JD sat there and laughed non-stop because he could tell I was going to snap. I HATE Sonic Unleashed. The first level of the game is decent, and then they shoot two poorly designed Brawler type levels at you, a QT eventfest, and a poorly designed Sonic Speed level. This game just does so many things wrong. For instance, every other Sonic game will map the homing attack to the same button as jump, here they map it to a completely different button. So when I’ve intended to jump and home, I’m really just jumping and then pressing the button again (which does nothing) and usually falling in to a pit.

Sonic Unleashed shouldn’t be this bad, but now I hate it completely. You hear that SEGA, SONIC UNLEASHED MAKES ME ALMOST NOT WANT TO PLAY SONIC AGAIN. I hate it. I really really hate it.

I find it quite fitting that the last achievement I received for this game is titled, “Still Broken”. That just about sums up my feelings for the game.